A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart.
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has decried the alleged attack by some thugs on supporters of the party at the ongoing campaign rally in Kaduna State on Monday. The former Vice President stated this in a post on his verified social media handle on Monday. “I have just received emergency…
Nigeria reached the quarter-finals of the ongoing FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup finals in India after the Flamingos scooped all three points from Chile in a 2-1 win in Bhubaneswar. Blessing Emmanuel’s goal in the 4th minute of the game and Bisola Mosaku’s strike off a free-kick from Miracle Usani with eight minutes left was…
Governor Biodun Oyebamji of Ekiti State has reappointed Yinka Oyebode as his Chief Press Secretary. The appointment was made known in a statement signed by Bamidele Agbede, the state Head of Service. According to the statement, the appointment which was made shortly after the inauguration of the governor on Sunday, took immediate effect. Oyebode equally…
The hatred of being libelled politician has kept many practicing Muslims away from politics in Nigeria. In Nigeria, the word ‘politician’ instantly creates an image of a very corrupt person whose corruption is absolutely incurable. Some even think every Nigerian politician is a potbelly individual who craves for filthy wealth and is determined to steal…
The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old industrial action with conditions. A delegated member of the union’s National Executive Committee told Channels TV early Friday. The union decided to suspend the strike during a meeting of its leadership that started on Thursday night and lasted into the early hours of Friday….
Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN, Kwara State Branch has commended Federal Government for honouring late Football Legend, Rashidi Yekini with a posthumous award of MON. Late Yekini, who hailed from Irra, Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara state scored the first goal for Nigeria at the World Cup, in 1994. The late Yekini was…
As the phenomenal Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede, mounts the dais to receive another consequential national award, Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON), it is pertinent to heave a sigh and reflect on this rare human species at 68. For a man who has served…
The Bokobaru Speakers Group has sympathised with the entire people and the Emir of Kaiama, Alhaji Omar Muazu Bagidi Kiyaru, The Fourth, over the recent unfortunate incidence involving the former Chief Medical Director of General Hospital, Kaiama, Abbas Adio Adebowale. The group described the arrest of Abbas Adio by the police and his criminal revelations…
Budget of Fiscal Consolidation and Transition Delivered By: His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, President, Federal Republic of Nigeria At the Joint Session of the National Assembly, Abuja. Friday, 7TH October, 2022 PROTOCOLS: I am very pleased to be here today to present the 2023 Budget Proposals at this Joint Session of the National Assembly. This…
PRESS STATEMENT FG DECLARES MONDAY 10th OCTOBER 2022 PUBLIC HOLIDAY TO MARK EIDUL-MAWLID CELEBRATION The Federal Government has declared Monday 10th October, 2022 as Public Holiday to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Mawlid Celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf…
It’s an oxymoron, isn’t it? You can’t physically see footprints on water, but then, that’s what President Muhammadu Buhari has done with the country’s waterways. He has planted his footprints on them, and they are some of the things that will stand him in good stead as he exits May 29, next year. Managing Director…
The National Coordinator, Congress of Nigerian Universities Academics (CONUA), Niyi Sunmonu, has said that the members of the newly registered union are not on strike and will teach students if they are back to class. The federal government had on Tuesday formally registered two new university unions, the CONUA and National Association of Medical and…
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with the family and the media fraternity on the death of the publisher of _Real News_, an online platform, and Editor of Moonlight Newspaper Mallam Issa Saliu. Mallam Issa died on Monday and has been buried according to Islamic rites. The Governor described his death as a painful…
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu says the Ninth Legislature would do everything possible within the ambit of the law to give necessary support to all persons with disabilities, PWD in the state. Engr. Danladi-Salihu gave the assurance when the Kwara State Chapter of the Joint National…
INDEPENDENCE DAY: KWARA SPEAKER WANTS NIGERIANS TO REMAIN PATRIOTIC, PRAYERFUL AND HOPEFUL. The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has charged Nigerians to be more patriotic and prayerful for Nigeria to overcome her challenges and attain her full potential. This is contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press…
INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA DELIVERED ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S 62ND INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION ON 1ST OCTOBER, 2022 Fellow Nigerians, I address you today, with a deep sense of gratitude to God and a high level of appreciation to all…
Politics is what the political scientists say it is. That also goes for democracy. The political scientists who studied it and how it was/is practiced across the globe should be the ones to tell us what it is and what it is not. Democracy is a system of government where majority have their way and…
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR PRESS RELEASE FG DECLARES MONDAY OCTOBER 3, 2022, PUBLIC HOLIDAY TO MARK NIGERIA’S 62ND INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY The Federal Government has declared Monday October 3, 2022, as public holiday to mark the nation’s 62nd Independence Anniversary Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal…
As electioneering campaigns kick off today, the National League of Veteran Journalists (NALVEJ) in Kwara State, has enjoined politicians to shun violence. The league, in a statement by its chairman, Alh Tunde Akanbi and publicity secretary, Alh Abdullahi Olesin, urged candidates of various political parties and other stakeholders to play the game according to its…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he will bring an end to security challenges facing the country before the end of this year. The President stated this during the 2022 Olojo Festival in Ile Ife. The President who was represented by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola said: “We must be vigilant, we must not…
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has reacted to the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The former presidential aspirant said he had been working silently behind the scene to ensure the return of normalcy into the party. The main opposition party slipped into an unusual crisis months ago after the party’s primary election held…
TURAKI @ 50: KWARA SPEAKER CONGRATULATES SALIU MUSTAPHA The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has congratulated the Turaki of Ilorin, Mallam Saliu Mustapha on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday. Rt. Hon. Engr. Danladi-Salihu in a felicitation message to the Turaki of Ilorin and All Progressives Congress APC Kwara…
By Hadiza Ado Jinta After a careful scrutiny of his pedigree and experience as a one time House Majority leader, Kano State House of Assembly, the Managing Director, Kano Road Traffic Management Agency(KAROTA) Alhaji Baffa Babba Danagundi has been appointed as North-West Director, Tinibu Support Group(TSG) His appointment came on the heels of the Presidential…
Youths in kwara state have been charged to mobilize people from grassroots to ensure victory for All Progressives Congress candidates in the fourth coming 2023 general election. S. A Political to Kwara State Governor, Hon. sulaiman Abubakar gave the charge today at the Inaugural Ceremony of Tinubu/Shettima Local Government Voluntary Representative Forum, kwara State held…
PRESIDENT BUHARI MOURNS UNILORIN COUNCIL CHAIR ABIDU YAZID RAFINDADI President Muhammadu Buhari joins the government and people of Katsina State in mourning a former Secretary to the State Government and Chairman/Pro-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Alhaji Abidu Yazid Rafindadi. Reacting to the news of the death, President Buhari said the “nation has lost a…
The Governing Council of the Federal University of Technology, Minna has announced the appointment of Professor Faruk Adamu Kuta, a Professor of Microbiology as the 8th Substantive Vice-Chancellor of the Institution. Professor Kuta whose appointment was announced on Thursday, the 22nd of September, 2022 by the Chairman of Council, Prof. Olu Obafemi, NMON, was…
“This is the last that we shall dance together,” Wole Soyinka wrote in Kongi’s Harvest. And that was what President Muhammadu Buhari did Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States of America. The President had his last dance, and how dainty and dignified were the steps. He didn’t do…
President Muhammad Buhari has approved the appointment of a former General Manager of the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA Lokoja and Kano stations as the new Director General of the NTA. Dembos’ appointment according to a release by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has a three-year tenure. Read the press statement…….
Emir of Shonga, Dr Haliru Ndanusa Yahaya and the people of the area have appealed to government at all levels, philanthropic organisations and spirited individuals to come to the aid of flood victims in Shonga District of Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the President…
A Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo has nullified the governorship primary election that gave victory to Mr. Emmanuel Bwacha as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 gubernatorial election. An aggrieved aspirant, David Kente, had dragged the party and its candidate to court over certain infractions in the conduct of…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has insisted that government is behind oil theft in the country. Mr. Obi, who was the guest speaker at the Private Sector Economic Forum of Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), asserted that no one can steal oil except the government. “Subsidy is organised…
The Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology (NILEST) Zaria, says it is proposing a legislation to ban the consumption of animal skin, locally known as ‘kpomo’, in the country. Prof. Muhammad Yakubu, Director-General of institute, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja that the legislation was necessary to revive the comatose…
There was a heavy traffic gridlock at Idofian community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State this morning following a peaceful protest by the community who barricaded the popular Ilorin/Ajase-ipo highway. The protest was said to be due to the death of a Fifteen year old girl who was hit by a vehicle yesterday….
President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday has administered on 286 foreign nationals, including four Americans, 14 Britons and 86 Lebanese, the Oath of Allegiance adopting Nigerian citizenship. Rauf Aregbesola the Interior Minister told State House correspondents that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had, on February 9, 2022, approved a list…
SATANIC CHURCH RITUAL: COMMENDING THE JUDICIARY, CONDEMNING BIGOTRY AND DEMANDING IMMEDIATE ACTION ON SHEIKH AISAMI 26th Muharram, 1444 AH 24th August, 2022 On Tuesday, August 9, 2022, an Ikeja Special Offences Court sentenced Pastor Erinmole Adetokunbo and another Christian, Adedoyin Oyekanmi, to death for the heinous crime of beheading a seven-year old Muslim boy, Kazeem…
The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the killing of one Mr Kayode Akinyemi, the owner of Sixteen Hour Hotel along Alomilaya area, Ganmo Ilorin by some gunmen who invaded the hotel shooting indiscriminately. A statement by the State Police Public Relations Officer, Ajayi Okasanmi says the assailants also inflicted injury on the hotel manager,…
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is laying the foundation for the rigging of the 2023 election through the manual collation of results. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye in…
Anthony Joshua fell to another defeat at the fists of Oleksandr Usyk despite pushing the Ukrainian pound-for-pound star to the limit of his endurance. While Usyk retained the WBA, IBF and WBO titles to set up the prospect of a unification clash with Tyson Fury, he was hurt on several occasions by an underdog who…
A political pressure group known as Kashim Shettima Northern Youths Support Organization (NYOSO) has described the recently organized rally by the “North Central Progressive Youths” demanding the resignation of Kashim Shettima from the Vice presidential race as malicious, and self-centered. In a statement signed by the National President and National Publicity Secretary of the organization…
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has said that Federal Government had met all conditions laid down by ASUU except the ‘no-work-no-pay’ policy which is the only condition delaying the truce with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). He stated this while featuring at the 47th Session of the State House Briefing organised…
National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has called off its nationwide strike. The decision followed an emergency meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige on Wednesday. The minister’s spokesman Olajide Oshundun, announced that Ngige intervened in the industrial action. NUEE Secretary General, Joe Ajaero, assured that electricity would be restored across the…
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu says the conferment of the Governor of the Year Award (Governance and Sustainable Development Category) on His Excellency, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is most deserving. Engr. Danladi-Salihu in his congratulatory message to the Governor noted that the award speaks about the genuine, deliberate, and…
Ahead of the Kwara NUJ Inter -Chapel Table Tennis Championship,the representative of Radio Nigeria ( Harmony FM) , Adebara Sodiq has expressed his readiness to clinch the highest prize of the tournament. Adebara, who noted that although the event will see him slugging it out with some veterans in the game said he’s not going…
Islamic Orphanage Foundation (IOF) has felicitated with one of its board of trustees, Dr. Kamaldeen Babatunde Omo-pupa on his appointment as the liberian of the prestigious University, University of Ilorin. A statement personally signed by the Chairman of the IOF, Architect Saefullahi Alege, indicates that the appointment is a well deserved one due to contributions…
Kwara State House of Assembly has extended the tenure of the Acting Auditor General of the State, Fatai Tiamiyu for a period of six months. The tenure extension was sequel to a Message from the Governor titled ” Legislative Approval for a Six Month Tenure Extension of Acting Auditor General of the State” addressed to…
Commissioner for Information Culture and Tourism, Nasarawa State Alhaji Lawal Yakubu has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. Confirming the incident to Radio Nigeria through telephone interview, a resident of Nasarawa Eggon, Mr. Joseph Audu said the gunmen trailed the commissioner to his house in the area and took him to unknown destination between 8: 45…
Religious and community leaders have been urged to enlighten people on the dangers of engaging in criminalities especially the acts of cultism, drug abuse and kidnapping that have placed the country on red alert in the map of the World. The appeal was made today by the Kwara State Governor, Mallam Abdul Rahman Abdul Razaq…
By: Ishowo Malik I have a friend and classmate that is no longer interested in going back to school as a result of the ongoing strike. A couple of days ago she sent a text message to me asking for an update on hopeless ASUU condition and I told her the strike remains stagnant. I…
A major violent conflict which could have degenerated into inter ethnic bloodbath was nipped in the bud Friday evening at Ajase-Ipo following the prompt intervention of His Royal Highness, Oba Ismaila Muhammed Atoloye Alebiosu, the Olupo of Ajase-Ipo. Fight was said to have broken out between travelling members of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC and…
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has dissociated himself from a rumored lawsuit that he allegedly filed to remove Atiku Abubakar from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the general election of next year. This comes just after certain media outlets falsely claimed that Wike had ordered the removal of PDP flags from…
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has dissociated himself from a rumored lawsuit that he allegedly filed to remove Atiku Abubakar from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the general election of next year. This comes just after certain media outlets falsely claimed that Wike had ordered the removal of PDP flags from…
“Nigeria shall be great.” This sounds utopian to many. The growing pessimism among Nigerians makes anyone who says Nigeria shall be great look stupid. The most charitable pessimist will discard such utterance as wishful thinking—that is, to believe in a future that can never be. Therefore, believing Nigeria shall be great is, to some, a…
The Emir of Ilorin and his environs, His Royal Highness, Mai-Martabah, Alhaji (Dr.) Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, CFR, has inaugurated the 14-member Hosting Fathers, Elders and Mentors Committee(HFEMC) for the 79th National Islamic Vacation Course(IVC), tagged “KWARA2022″, to be hosted by the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria(MSSN), Kwara Area Unit. The National (IVC) is scheduled to…
Anti-government protesters are clashing with police in Sierra Leone’s opposition areas. It has been reported that a number of officers and protesters have died. Many Sierra Leoneans have been rallying against the high cost of living, corruption and police brutality. Protesters in Freetown are also calling for President Julius Maada Bio to step down. BBC
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has informed President Muhammadu Buhari that terrorists are consolidating their grip on communities in Kaduna with a “parallel” government and “permanent operational base. The terrorists belonging to Ansaru al-Musulmina fi Bilad al-Sudan, or Ansaru for short, are believed to have moved to Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State in 2012 when…
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC has released the results of 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations, (WASSCE). WAEC’s Head of National Office, Mr Patrick Areghan made the disclosure on Monday while briefing newsmen. According to him, the results were released 45 days after the last paper. The examination held for six weeks from…
After months of evading security forces, a notorious armed bandit, Alhaji Abdulkareem Lawal, and 27 others have been eliminated by aggressive bombardments of the Nigerian military airstrikes in Katsina State, on Saturday evening. Abdulkareem Lawal, who is popularly called Abdulkareem Boss, by his criminal colleagues, was a high-valued target on the radar of the Nigerian…
Nigerians have been advised to see themselves as one indivisible entity, tolerate one another and always live in peace irrespective of religion and ethnic difference for the country to witness meaningful development. The Olosi of Osi, and Chairman, Traditional Council, Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, Oba Salihu Abdulkareem Adasofegbe gave the advice during…
The police in Lagos has arrested a 36-year-old applicant, Ifeanyi Ezennaya, for allegedly drugging and robbing six women of six iPhones valued at N4 million. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident happened at Falolu area, Surulere, Lagos. Ezennaya, whose residential address is unknown, lured the young ladies to a hotel, laced their…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede has appealed to striking lecturers to resume. Oloyede appealed to parties to reach a truce to ensure affected students return to the classrooms. While urging the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off the ongoing industrial action by the…
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has declared that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government cannot borrow to settle the university lecturers on strike. Keyamo stated this on Channels TV noting that members of the Academic Staff Union of University, ASUU are not the only ones in the country that other…
By Abdulkadir Salaudeen Until this is done, JAMB may wish to make ZERO the minimum cut-off score for admission into our tertiary institutions. The elementary truth is that 140 out 400 (35%) or 0 out 400 (0%) falls within the bracket of failure. We call it F9. We move round in circle in Nigeria. The…
Dr Azizat Omotoyosi Amoloye-Adebayo On July 11, 2022, I was contacted via WhatsApp chat by one “Ameh Ochojila from the Guardian”. He had gotten my contact information from one of my colleagues in the Faculty of law, University of Ilorin, Ilorin. His request was for my ‘opinion on the Supreme Court judgement on the use…
This is to alert the general public to a well-orchestrated smear campaign against JAMB and its management. This sinister campaign is being sponsored by some disgruntled individuals whose unwholesome interests are being affected by the spate of current reforms in JAMB which have successfully blocked their sources of illicit wealth. To achieve their nefarious agenda,…
Immediate past Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development, Architect Aliyu Muhammad Saifuddeen now redeployed to Ministry of Housing and Urban Development is indeed a Starboy and one of the best brains in the Cabinet of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State. Saifuddeen’s oratory, analytically, is housed with wisdom and apt response to…
• Moves four commissioners Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has inaugurated five new commissioners and a Special Adviser — amid a minor cabinet reshuffle that saw four others move places. The swearing in was preceded by a state executive council meeting presided over by the Governor. The new cabinet members are: Alhaji Agbaje Wahab (Whyte)…
SPEAKER DANLADI GREETS KWARA DEPUTY GOV. ALABI AT 59. The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has congratulated the State’s Deputy Governor, His Excellency Mr. Kayode Alabi on his 59th birthday describing him as a true progressive kwaran, team player, and dependable lieutenant to Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. Engr. Danladi-Salihu in…
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has directed the suspension of the Ohi of Eganyi and Chairman, Ajaokuta Traditional Area Council, HRH Alhaji Musa Isah Achuja with immediate effect. In a letter to the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Kogi State, the governor also directed that the Chairman of Ajaokuta Local Government Area, Mustapha…
Kwara State Government is set to boost the state’s transport sector with provision of additional mini buses across the metropolis. Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Community Intervention, Mr. Kayode Oyin-Zubair disclosed this on Saturday while taking members of Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN on an inspection tour of the transport facilities….
The former governor of Kano and senator representing Kano Central, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, has revealed that the majority in the Senate has started to propose the impeachment of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, due to the security problems. Senator Shekarau, who is a member of the Security Committee of the Nigerian Senate, testified to this during…
In an effort to reposition the Nigerian Army (NA) for operational efficiency and proficiency, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has approved the posting and appointment of some senior officers of the Nigerian Army to command, instructional and staff appointments across NA formations and units. Those affected in the redeployment released on…
Abdullahi Olesin, Ilorin Muslims politicians seeking elective office across the country have been challenged to tell Nigerians the strategies they will employ to solve the nation’s hydraheaded security challenges. Chairman, Hijrah Organisation of Nigeria, Prof Badmas Yusuf threw the challenges at the Muslim politicians and candidates during the celebration of 1444 Hijrah in Ilorin, Kwara…
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu has said the lower chamber of the National Assembly will soon serve the President, Muhammadu Buhari impeachment notice over insecurity and other challenges confronting the country. Opposition senators on Wednesday angrily stormed out of plenary Wednesday, chanting Buhari must go and the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan,…
Some Senators on Wednesday called for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over worsening insecurity in the country. The lawmakers angrily walked out of the plenary around 2.10 pm, chanting “Buhari must go” repeatedly. Addressing journalists at the Senate Press Corps, SPC Centre, the Minority Leader, Senator Philip Aduda, said President Buhari will be given…
Kwara State House of Assembly wants Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to work out modalities towards establishing modern markets for transaction of specific goods or items in different parts of the state. This was part of the resolutions of the House after considering a Motion on Notice titled” Need to Establish More Modern Markets Designated For Specific…
The Aseyin of Iseyin, Oba Abdul-Ganiyu Adekunle Salawudeen, joined his ancestors on Sunday after a protracted illness. The monarch reportedly died on Sunday morning at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan.
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov will begin an African tour in Egypt on Sunday, seeking to draw on demand for non-Western alliances as Moscow pushes back against international censure over the war in Ukraine. In Egypt, Lavrov will meet officials trying to have close relationship with Russia. After meeting Arab League members in Cairo, he…
By: Ishowo Malik First and foremost, let me start by saying Nigerians are looking forward to the 2023 elections for so many reasons and factors, even myself, Ishowo Ayomide I’m also looking towards the election for so many factors, mostly because of the economy’s crippling insecurity, lawlessness, floundering economy, perennial suboptimal social services, and an…
In compliance with CBN directives, ten Nigerian banks have revealed the names of customers buying cheap dollars to likely resell at the black market. In a circular in July 2021, CBN had directed banks to publicize the identities of persons who engage in such behaviour and to restrict them from obtaining currency in the future….
Returnees from the holy land of Makkah have been admonished to keep praticing all lessons learnt during their hajj exercise in Makkah. Ustadh Sulaiman Dagbo gave this admonition today at a prayer held at Sobi Alagbado, Ilorin in honour of Alhaji Abdul Kadir Olamilekan. Ustadh Dagbo said Saudi Arabia is not a tourism centre for…
Politicking is one of the most interesting things that lightens our collective daily hardship in Nigeria. Many hungry and angry Nigerians find Nigerian politics amnestic in the sense that it momentarily helps forget the existential threat, insecurity and poverty that combinably defines our national life. The meme in the town—or rather in the Nigerian political…
Let me start with some clarifications. I’m from Osun State, and my homestead is Ipetumodu, in Ife North Local Government Area. And I am not Osun in Diaspora. I was born in Osogbo, capital of the State, when my father was Principal of St Charles Grammar School in the 1960s. When he retired home, after…
Being my acceptance speech on being chosen as the running mate of the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for the 2023 Presidential Elections in Abuja, Nigeria, on July 12, 2022. Protocols: My first duty, is to first of all acknowledge the position that His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari…
” The punishment for flouting the order is imprisonment for one year or a fine of RM3,000 compared to six months imprisonment or a fine of RM1,000 previously.” “Engaging in Polygamy without the permission of the court is henceforth banned in Malaysia,” speaker Datuk Juhari Bulat. The development came after the Kedah state assembly…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has ordered for an immediate upward review of petrol pump price from N165 per litre to N179 per litre. Maxilensnews gathered that the upward review of the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) is effective from Tuesday, July 19, 2022. This was contained in a notice to fuel…
Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, today paraded a 40 year old suspect, Boodo Abdullahi Alhaji at the Command Headquarters in Ilorin. According to a statement by the command spokesman, Olasunkanmi Ayeni, the suspect was arrested at Owode through Banni in Kaiama LGA of the State. He was alleged…
Leaders at the Jeddah Summit for Security and Development have reiterated in a statement the need for the departure of all foreign forces and fighters from Libya without delay. The final statement that included the Gulf Cooperation Council, Jordan, Egypt, Iraq and the United States, reiterated support for efforts to resolve the Libyan crisis as…
Federal Government has been admonished to find lasting solution to the insecurity ravaging the country. Bishop of Jebba Anglican Diocese, Kwara State, Right Reverend Oluwaseun Aderogba, gave the advice at the Second session of Eighth Synod of Igbomina Anglican Diocese held at Saint Peter’s Anglican Church, Arandun in Irepodun Local Government of Kwara State. Bishop…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared Ademola Adeleke winner of the just concluded Osun State Gubernatorial Elections.
President Muhammadu Buhari has denied that he got advice against the Bola Tinubu-Kashim Shettima ticket. The former Lagos governor announced the ex-Borno governor and Senator as his running mate after visiting Buhari in Daura, Katsina state. On Friday, Peoples Gazette reported that the Department of State Service (DSS) warned about the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the…
The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Delta Safe a fortnight ago discovered and destroyed 109 illegal refining sites and arrested 24 economic saboteurs in the South-South region. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Bernard Onyeuko, r stated this, Thursday in Abuja. He spoke at a news briefing on the operations of the Armed…
PRESS RELEASE SUSPENSION OF THE CONTINUOUS VOTER REGISTRATION (CVR) The Commission met in an extraordinary session today, Friday 15th July 2022, and discussed among other things, the suspension of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). This followed the judgement delivered by the Federal High Court on Wednesday 13th July 2022 in which it dismissed the…
A Muslim cleric sent shock waves through my spine. I cannot bear it. It is alarming. It is unbelievable, uncivil, undemocratic and, worst of it, ungodly. While we have our biases and choices which are legitimate and which define us as humans who are free to choose, to think your choice of whom to vote…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has refuted circulating reports that he requested permission from President Muhammadu Buhari to leave the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The paper, dated June 24, 2022, with the reference number SH/VP/605/2./0 and titled “Permission to retire from APC,” stated family pressure and other grounds for the purported choice. Mr. Laolu Akande,…
Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 election and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has reaffirmed that investment in education yields the best results. Atiku made the assertion on Wednesday on the sidelines of the graduation ceremony of the Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The ARU Awards…
As the globe marks World Population Day, Sociologist and health care providers in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital have expressed worry on the nation’s population growth and societal development. With a population projection by the United Nations of around Two Hundred and Sixteen Million at the end of 2022, they expressed concern on how family…
By Professor Babagana Umara Zulum Earlier today, I received with the greatest joy, the announcement of my mentor, His Excellency, Senator Kashim Shettima as the Vice Presidential candidate of our party, the APC and insha’Allah, the next Vice President of the Federal Republic under His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, our incoming President, Bi’iznillah. It…
Tinubu paid Sallah homage to President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina, on Sunday to brief him on his chosen running mate. The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has settled for a Muslim running mate, Kashim Shettima, NAN reports. A highly-competent source in the Tinubu Campaign Organisation, who requested anonymity,…
As Muslim faithful mark Eid-El-Kabir celebration , Kwara Online Publishers Association Of Nigeria, KOPAN, has sent message of felicitation to all faithful, urging them to exhibit the virtues and lessons of the day at all times. In a message signed by the Chairman, Hammed Adedayo Said, and the Secretary, Opeyemi Daniel Adeoti, KOPAN called for…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, kwara state Command Arrested three (3) Suspects; Lawal Ibrahim 25yrs, Muhammed Issa 19yrs, and Ibrahim Ahmed 20yrs for alleged Rape and Robbery. A case of Rape and Robbery was reported on the 5th July at the NSCDC Woro outpost. The crime reported to have happened at Woro Village…
